Using the same font on Linux is a problem since it will look pretty different and then will take different space than before.

On windows it would look like this:


on Linux it looks different:


I need a way to make it take the same space as in Windows.

As I open gimp it uses sans which is similar to Tahoma but has a special spacing. In windows sans is using Arial for hebrew. Using just Arial or Thaoma would ruin the good spacing which is not available through the letter spacing setting.

How can I tell Gimp to use Arial instead of Tahoma for sans?

Thanks for your answers.

Gimp default hebrew font is that. It is similar to Arial, but narrower or thinner:


 (pic of wanted font)

יש לך מים (Arial)

and with zoom. The 'ש' ל' and 'מ' are different than other similar fonts, like Nachlieli CLM. 



But I have no idea how it is called. Gimp called it sans, but sans is more like the font's type, so this font is pretty annonymus... Who can help? Do you know someone who can tell me it's name? I need this font (Gimp won't let me use it anymore after installing mscore fonts)

Maybe it is Arial but with a ifferent rendering? Can I change gimp rendering?

This is the font on Windows and how I like it, clear and thin:


And this is how it looks on linux:


Edit: I'm not sure if it's Arial font as when I change the text to Arial in windows it has different spacing than before. So what is this font? A specific Arial? Why can't I find it's name?

How do I fix it so I looks like in Windows? Hinting and Anti aliasing haven't helped.


(old thread)

I've created this file with gimp before, and now if I open it, the font looks the same at start,
but when I try to edit it it becomes different, see pictures (first is normal, second is after making an edit to the text):
Link in case pictures not working: https://imgur.com/a/sp4eK



It may have happend after installing mscore fonts, but why would it happen? Isn't it the same font anyway? Is san font that comes with Ubuntu different than the one in mscore fonts?

Pls help me solving it as it causes mess in my documents, it takes more space as the font is pretty wider than before.

After editing an image how do I keep it at the same resolution that it was at previously?

I noticed in the small box that pops up when you 'export' that there was/is an advanced option. I clicked on it and it gave me an option to
'Use quality settings from original image' (Now that I have clicked the advanced + I don't get the advanced option any more - maybe it doesn't for an image previously exported with this setting.) It does however give 'load default and save default'

My question also would be do I need to put in a number for quality at the top - like when compressing?


Think I have worked it out. Can you please confirm.

manual threshold 3 primary colors + white
   

I know about Openraster (.ora), but I lose channels and masks.

My problem is that I use different tools, mostly Krita and Photoshop.  Krita does a great job opening .xcf files and saving them as (reasonable) .psd files.  Gimp is absolutely awful at .psd.  My problem now is that with Gimp 2.9 the .xcf files from Gimp are not even compatible with Krita.

Better yet, is there a way to edit the .xcf files so that Krita thinks is created by version 2.8?  I tried opening an .xcf file with a test editor and it freaked out.

-------------------------------------------WAIT WAIT WAIT

Better PSD Support

The PSD plug-in now supports a wider range of blending modes for layers, at both importing and exporting: Linear Burn, Linear Light, Vivid Light, Pin Light, and Hard Mix blending modes. It also finally supports exporting layer groups and reads/writes the Pass Through mode in those. Additionally, GIMP now imports and exports color tags from/to PSD files.

https://www.gimp.org/news/2017/08/24/gim...-released/

I spoke too soon.  I'm now using 2.9.7 and . . . OMG it is awesome, at least I think so.  I need to test it, but still would like to know if anyone here is aware of a good format.

All I'm trying to do is draw a dotted line with the path tool. However, when I have the path tool open, it doesn't create paths when I click. there is a little symbol above the path tool that resembles the 'no smoking' frame (without a cigarette), which seems to mean it isn't active. I did Select -> None, and I have no floating layers. How do I make my paths work again?

Thanks.

I just downloaded GIMP and it's not displaying characters correctly

I just downloaded GIMP and it's not displaying characters correctly